ZAP denies Windows Services P......

This has not been a problem but I noticed there are quite a few of these Windows files denied automatically. I guess I could look up each file number and maybe track them down but maybe someone can just give me a general response as to why ZAP denies them and if it matters. Thanks in advance.

Re: ZAP denies Windows Services P......

Originally Posted by paulinem

just give me a general response as to why ZAP denies them and if it matters.

It might help if you define "them" in the sentence above.

ZA will deny internet access to some programs based on its firewall functions. It will deny running other things based on the OS protection rules. You need to specify what is being denited, what the alert logs say, some detail that might trigger a response here.

Re: ZAP denies Windows Services P......

Winkdows\Software Distribution\Download\xxxxxxxxxxxx(lots of numbers here)\update\update.exe They all have three green bars so I'm often tempted to just "allow".

There are about sixteen of these files that ZAP denied. I have no apparent problems with my Windows auto download. When I check my MS critical updates, it says I'm up to date.

My ZAP control is set on medium, my smart defense advisor is on automatic. Do you need to know any or all of the file numbers ("xxx" above)? Sorry I'm slow getting back to you. "The tyranny of the urgent." I'll try to do better next time.

Re: ZAP denies Windows Services P......

Originally Posted by paulinem

They all have three green bars Thanks.

Yes, this is all what they need to get installed in your system (supertrusted in the OSfirewall, i.e. able to install without been blocked by ZA). What is blocked is the internet access. Update.exe do not need to connect out to install

Btw, you can remove those entries, right click and them and "remove".

Are you keeping ZA at default? If you play too much with custom settings you can easily mess up with permissions and have your system not working as it should.